Author: Rich Gorecki

As I wrote in last week’s post, November is Men’s Health Month. Two organizations named “Movember” and “No-Shave November” are helping to change the face of men (pun intended!) to raise awareness of cancer and the rise rates of suicide among men. For the rest of this month, I’m going to provide information on each of these health issues, starting first with some important statistics about men’s health. I also encourage you to join me in supporting these causes on my No-Shave November page. Life Expectancy – Statistics & Facts Both men and women are living longer than ever though. But men’s health is in a crisis. Simply put, guys are dying way too young, which has a longer-term impact on our spouses and our children. According to Statista, life expectancy in the United States rose from 39.4 years old back in 1860 to 78.9 years old in 2020, Contributing

My most recent posts on this blog are about the need for men to take care of themselves. As you may know, November is also called “Movember” or “No-Shave November” to encourage men to grow a mustache or beard to raise awareness of men’s health issues. So for the first time ever, I’m going to participate in the movement… because it’s become a bit more personal this year. How about joining me?  Men Need to Care for Themselves Too It’s my belief that a man is not able to completely take care of those for whom he is responsible unless he can also take care of himself. With the rise in stress and anxiety during this current pandemic, I’ve been writing to help men understand the importance of needing and asking for help, especially from our spouses and our God Buddies.  In Learning to “Take Care of Your Sh*t”, I

In my last two posts, Should She Be Your “Best” Friend? and All Men Need “Helpers”, I made the case that man needs to be in a relationship of mutual servanthood with his wife so they can follow God’s command to be fruitful and multiply. But this mutuality leaves open the question: Who should be the leader of the family? And what does that leadership look like? So in this post, I’m going to outline the biblical command that a man should lead his family. I will then describe what it looks like for a man to lead in the next post or two. To be brutally frank, there are a lot of men with no concept or understanding of their God-given role as leaders. They have succumbed to the sin of passivity. This series is mostly to inform those who are yet to be married or are newly married.